Go Fact Yourself LIVE with Sherry Cola and Greg Proops

Go Fact Yourself – “the podcast where we quiz the smartest celebrities we know, and find out why they love what they love” — is back at The Crawford! The show will be recorded as a podcast, but you'll be able to see and hear it weeks before the rest of the world.

Hosts J. Keith van Straaten (he/him) and Helen Hong (she/her) will welcome comedians Sherry Cola (she/her) and Greg Proops (he/him), plus super-secret special experts to try to stump them in their self-proclaimed areas of expertise.

Register for free for general admission or reserve a guaranteed seat for $20. Concessions available starting at 6 p.m.

Lineup subject to change. This program may contain some mature language or themes.

ABOUT SHERRY COLA

Stand-up comedian and actress Sherry Cola is a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and a barrier breaker as a queer Chinese-American immigrant woman in film and television. Last year alone, Cola turned heads in Lionsgate’s Joy Ride and Sony Pictures Classics’ Shortcomings, in addition to being a crowd favorite on Freeform’s critically-acclaimed drama Good Trouble in its five-season run. She can be seen opposite Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in the upcoming Netflix series Nobody Wants This.

ABOUT GREG PROOPS

Greg Proops is a stand-up comic from San Francisco. He resides in Hollywood. It’s not that bad. Really. Stand-up Greg has a new Topical Comedy album out called French Drug Deal. Recorded live in his beloved San Francisco. Available on Apple Music and from aspecialthing records. The Proopdog is best known for his unpredictable appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? Both US and UK. Just renewed for its 11th season Saturdays on the CW. Improv Greg is in an Improv group called Whose Live Anyway? with Ryan Stiles, Joel Murray, Jeff B Davis, Dave Foley, Drew Carey and Charles Esten. Currently touring nationally. They have performed in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Hollywood, Maui and Elkhart, Indiana. Musical Greg has had the honor of performing with Danny Elfman and Catherine O’Hara singing in a live-to-film version of The Nightmare Before Christmas. They have played onstage at the Hollywood Bowl, Tokyo, Brooklyn, Glasgow, London and Dublin. Professor Proops has a hit Podcast called The Smartest Man in the World. Just recorded Live at Shakespeare and Co in Paris. He has kicked it live in Hollywood, Australia, New Zealand, Montreal, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Maui, London, Paris, aboard a ship off St. Maarten and somehow, Cleveland. The Greg Proops Film Club is a popular podcast digging vintage movies, available on Soundcloud. He currently records at American Cinematheque and has performed at the TCM Film Festival, Filmhouse Edinburgh.

ABOUT J. KEITH VAN STRAATEN

J. Keith van Straaten is a content producer/writer for TV game shows, including The Hustler, Master Minds, Funny You Should Ask, and In the USA Today, and wrote trivia questions for Bally Sports. He was also a longtime senior writer on NPR’s Ask Me Another.

Previously, he wrote many of the games on GSN’s Chain Reaction and the iPhone trivia app Arena. He created and hosted the live matchmaking show The Fix-Up Show, as well as hosting What’s My Line? – Live On Stage and Comedy Central’s Beat The Geeks.

J. Keith has appeared on Best Week Ever, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Beverly Hills, 90210, and a deleted scene in Gilmore Girls.

As a journalist, J. Keith has written about COVID and comedy for the Los Angeles Times, points and miles for ThePointsGuy.com, and theatre for tdf Stages magazine.

J. Keith has two cats and is an avid Angels fan.

ABOUT HELEN HONG

A fan favorite on the hit NPR podcast Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Helen Hong also co-hosts the celebrity trivia game show podcast Go Fact Yourself. Helen's acting credits include roles on Never Have I Ever, Silicon Valley, the Jennifer Garner Christmas movie Family Switch, and 5 seasons of The Thundermans on Nickelodeon.

A long-time touring standup comedian, Helen's comedy special Well Hong was co-produced by Comedy Dynamics and Tribeca Film Festival, and is streaming now on Amazon Prime & Apple TV+. Audiences love Helen's lightning quick crowdwork which can be seen on her Instagram and TikTok @funnyhelenhong.

A breast cancer survivor, Helen makes light of her cancer experience (and her "fresh new boobies") onstage. She also brings light to Asian-American issues with her family's YouTube channel "Old Korean Dad Stories."

If you bring Helen a Topo Chico and a mini Snickers bar, she will love you FOREVER.

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